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gyroprotagonist

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  1. got back on Sunday. what a trip! no doubt one of the best trips I have ever been on. even though no new snow while we were there, still was excellent skiing. It felt like our own private mountain with how few others were there out on the slopes. no lines, no crowds and you could do the condor lifts continuously until your lungs burst. Such a different feeling than CO resorts. First day was high winds and lifts were touch and go. but we still got tons of skiing but the main lift that goes up to Tio Bobs was shut down most of the day. after that it was smooth sailing. We stayed in one the chalets just off the main hotel and while the building was past due for a renovation by about 10 years, waking up to that view of the lake every morning made up for it. Bathrooms were tiny but we really cared about the living room which was spacious and the kids fought over who got to sleep and hang out in the 'wedge' (windowed part in the first pic). you are kinda forced into a slower pace as all meals are provided with the hotel fee. Full sit down breakfast, 3-course lunch, 3 course dinner. So a far cry from grabbing a coffee on the way to get in line before the lift opens at a stateside resort, then either scarfing a homemade sandwich or getting ripped off at a crowded on-mountain lunch spot. We got out later than we liked, but it just did not matter due to empty runs and non-existent lift lines. The only down side was the Chilean army or reserves was training some of the days and 10-20 soldiers were on the runs at any given time. we missed the wine week (started this week i think) but they still had a 'test-run' wine tasting from Vik in the hotel which was excellent if all in Spanish. The condor lifts were cool I was not prepared for how fast they drag you up the mountain. took a little getting used to on my snowboard. kids and wife had no issue with skis. But you could get dragged up the mountain, ski down and be hooked up for another run in like 2-3 minutes. repeat until fried. The boy and i took this one down a little rocky on top but not too bad after that. he set a PR for speed (at least on ski tracks ap) at 68mph. again the lack of crowds meant you could really go all out. here is a pick mid-day on a cloudless blue-bird day. it's practically empty Everyone was really friendly. We had to lean on our broken Spanish a lot more than i thought we would though. not many Americans %-wise that we ran into. We killed a few hours before our flight home walking around the Plaza de Armas in Santiago but that was about the only excursion we did. you are pretty trapped at the hotel once getting there. It is astounding that so many 'local' tourist take cars, buses etc... to just get into the parking lot and public area of the hotel to see the Inca Lake and take pics. Saturdays were a zoo getting in and out but the hotel transpo did a great job of getting us in and out. Everywhere you looked, it was just stunning. view from our deck.
  2. Made it in today! Portillo is absolutely gorgeous. Edit. I suck at inserting pics
  3. You are correct. Had some way back in the day. So cool but heavy af
  4. Since we are talking Italian, really enjoyed Mother wolf last month.
  5. They both rock because I can get tacos and frozen margs delivered from each. Torchys packs a little more heft vs Velvet per taco. Velvet passes off rice as a valid ingredient in a lot of their tacos
  6. Lol worrying about snow in whistler Enjoy pic of my wife
  7. This is glorious. Never mind that Texas beat *checks notes* Bama, who won the SEC, with our little decent team.
  8. Doggo loving it. Staying at a cabin about 3/4 mile from CB. Easy to park for free at the visitor center and take the bus up. Today a lot more crowded vs Thursday (ghost town) and Friday (2 min at most wait). Spicy bloody Mary on point at Paradise warming hut
  9. Yup, we got into CB on Wednesday.
  10. i see this as whale profit taking before pull back. thnk it will go ~35K ish before we would get a true bull run that sustains for a while. give the whales time to load up at a much lower level.
  11. i am kinda nervous. we are headed to whistler for spring break (early March) and i've been watching the videos about the bad base conditions. hopefully get some colder weather.
  12. we have been to Canyons last 2 spring breaks. We stayed right at the base of Canyons right next to the orange bubble lift in that big hotel/condo place. From our research, it was nicer than equiv $$ on the PC side, at least for the 3-4 bedroom condos with big kitchens/livng rooms. you can either 'ski' to PC (mostly riding lifts, then a gondola that connects PC and Canyons) or take the bus. Taking the bus back right at lift closing time can be a beating, but otherwise it's not too bad. You can bus into PC proper for dining/shopping fairly easily. We never rent a car but just uber from the airport to the mountain. the base at PC has an ice rink and more shopping places for sure.
  13. yep, it is becoming harder and harder to find CEX (as a US cit) that do not require KYC. I have not had issues with CB, but i doxxed myself to them a long time ago and bank transfers are usually pretty fast. I still get nervous when transferring crypto from a 'fly-by-night' CEX back into CB though. if you send something on the wrong chain it could be lost. I have been using Phemex and just saw some people get their withdrawal function frozen as they may be forcing KYC. I really don't care as i am not trying to cheat uncle Sam, but the fewer places that know of my info the better. Coinbase does not offer some of the coins i am trading in, so have to find other alternatives. CB also does not have the greatest fee structure.
  14. yep, our flight to Bham for the UT/AL game was scrapped due to mech issue. we get another plane ~1.5 hours later and AA just said fuck it and told everyone we were taking off without drinks/food or it would be another hour delay.
  15. was out at the place a few weeks back and snapped a pic
  16. so biggest difference in the playoff game vs last half of reg season was getting Lamb the ball. McCarthy seemed to have figured something out to get CD the ball even when other teams knew that was the obvious plan in the regular season. 5 games in a row of over 100 yards and a TD or whatever the stat was. did the Packers just corch up a better scheme to shut down Lamb and Dallas had no answers? did the last 8 coaches Dallas faced prior the Packers just not care about stopping Lamb? I get that playoffs are a whole different deal, but damn.
  17. insert Steven and Charlotte heads replace 'those people' with Jerry. rinse and repeat
  18. Both sides of the ball were outcorched. Fans in the stands were stunned and could not get into the game from the beginning. Most had brought out the anointing oil and put Dallas in a rematch with SF in the NFC title game. Again, something HC should be taking care of. Would McCarthy get hired as a HC if he were let go?
  19. the 30 minute interval is not enough frequency to prevent ice from forming in my experience. my system got effed in the last big freeze despite having power the entire time. it was set to run on and off at 30 minute intervals. I have a new controller this time around it just runs 24/7 when the target temp is hit. no issues so far this year. paying a little more in electricity is worth way more than $5K+ repair.
  20. there is nothing more crypto twitter than getting your account hacked to defraud others out of their crypto. the SEC is soooo getting on board with this move.
  21. but how else can i showcase the Dunning-Kruger effect to its full glory? some of the coins i have traded would/will never come back so long term holding is not an option. set stop loss and take profit on the way up. I am not even talking about memecoins which can be fun but everyone knows they will approach zero at some point.
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